Scholastic data breach: 4.2M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-01-13
In January 2025, a data breach of the publishing company Scholastic surfaced. The breach contained 4.2M unique email addresses with many of the records also including name, phone number and physical address. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Jan 8, 2025; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 13, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Scholastic account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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